Improved pab-oouplim



N. REEVES. UAR COUPLING. No. 63,940. Patented Apr. 16, 1867.

M C @EMM l strut Affirr.

IMPROVED GAR-OG UPLING.

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Be it known that I, NARCISSE Rnnvns, of Dn Quon, inthe county of Perry, und State of Illinois; here invented u newnnd usefulimprorement in Car-Coupling; and I do hereby declare that .the following is a. full, clenr, and exact 'description thereof, which will ena-blo others skilled in the art to marke and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. forming pur't'of this speciication, in which u B 'igure'l is a. side view: of my improved coupling uncoupled, partsvbeiug broken' away to show the construction.

Figure 2 is u tup view of the same coupled, parts being broken away to show the construction.

'Similar letters of reference indieutelike parts.

My invention has for its oject to furnish un improved coupling for railroad eers which shall be selfcoupling, and ut the sume time simple and strong in construction and reliable'in operation; and it consists in the combination ofte weighted bent lever und la. sliding block with one bumper of the car, and in the combination of c weighted nrrn'und sliding block with the coupling link and with the other bumper of the cnr, the whole being constructed and orrunged'as hereinafter more fully described. i

A is s, bumper, which may be attached to -the end of the ear in the ordinary manner, the cavity that receives the link being lengthened, :ts shown in figs. 1 and 2. B is a, solid metal block that ftsi inte und: slides buck and forth iu the cavity of the bumper A, us shown in figs. 1 und 2. The upper part ofthe forward undl ci" the block B projects forward, as shown in iig. 1, so that when drawn forward it may support` the coupling piu C, us shown, and leave space for the link D to enter the bumpersuficiently far to be coupled before causing the pin to drop. The block B has n. hole formed in or through it for the reception of the upper end of the hentlov'er E, the lower end of'whieh hole is enlarged to allow the upper end of the said lever suflioient play as tli block B moves back und forward. E is the bent lever, which is pivoted. to ears projecting downward from Vthe lo'wer side of the bumper A, us shown in iig. 1. The upper endV of the lever E passes up through a. slot in the said lower side of the bumper, and enters the hole in Vthe block before described. The lower end of 4 the lever E projects forwurdbeneat-h the bumper, und has a, weight, F, securely attached to it. The weight F must he sufficient to draw tho block B forward whenever released by the withdrawal of the pin C. When the-cars are u'ncou'pled the lever E, block B, and pin C `are in the positions shown in block linesl in vfig. 1. As tho,' eurs come vtogether the end of the link D enters the bumper A, strikes the forward end.l of the block B, pufll'es it hack, :tud allows the piu() to drop through the link D securely coupling the curs, the' -lcver block und piti then being in the position shown in red in iig. ll. G-is the adjacent bumper of thc `next car, or the bumper at l'the other end of the sume car, the cavity of which is lengthcned, as shownin Egel 1 und 2. H is a movable or sliding block, having nhole formed through it for the passage of the pin I. It is also madewith notches or grooves so that it may he attached or hooked to the link D in such nposition that the pin I muy pass through the block H und link D at the ,sinne time, ond in such u way that raising or lowering the inner 'vend of the block II lwill lower or raise the projecting end of the link, und when the block is in u horizontal position the link will also be held in n horizontal-position. The inner end of the block H is made small', und is rounded off, us shown in the drawings, so as to enter andwork in u hole formed in the upper 4end of the erm J. The arm passes'down through e hole in theA under side of the bumper G, und to itsv lower end is att-ached a. weight, K, suiiiciently lurgo to balance the projecting end of the link D and hold it in ii.' horizonte-1 position, so that'when -tiie cars come together it will be impossible for the link D to foil to enter the' mouth of the bumper A und couple the curs.

us hcreinshown and described and for the purpose set forth.

` What I claiuras new, and desire to secure hy Letters Potent, is-

The combination of thev sliding block H und weighted arm J with the link D and bumper G, Asulzu'a'tcntially NARCISSE REEVES.

Witnesses:`

M. B. Imrnsncu, .1. M. Suce. 

